SOME SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL HYGIENE Annals of American Academiy of Political and Social Science Vol.CXLIX Part III May 1930

WILLIAMS, Frankwood E. (ed.)

Published by Philadelphia, 1930

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iv+214, uncut fore-edge; verso front cover has notice that 'this volume belongs to the Library, Ministry of Health' (+more text) and a brown card ticket pocket, facing t.p. has 2 lib.numbers to top, oval Ministry of Health Library stamp dated 24.7.30 and brown rectable off-set from ticket pocket, otherwise internally clean, tight and unmarked; wrapper edges rubbed and ragged in places with a 3.5 cm square chip top corner back beside spine, lib.number label to front+oval lib.stamp, larger green Ministry of Health Library label top back, lib.numbers also bttom spine, top of which has tear-repair tape to stop further deterioration. 21 chapters offering an interesting overview of the US situation with topics ranging from 'eugenic sterilization' and 'the runaway child' to the 'feeble-minded', 'mentally defective' and 'very superior intelligence as a special problem in social adjustment' (by Leta S. Hollingworth). More general coverage of education, mental hosptials and child guidance, Edgar A. Doll also contributed 2 chapters. Despite condition a historical useful vlume with the provenance perhaps adding something. Note: quoted shipping rates are calculated for 500-700 gram net weight, cost will be modified up or down as appropriate outside this range. Size: 16 Cms x 24 Cms.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: SOME SOCIAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL HYGIENE Annals of American Academiy of Political and Social Science Vol.CXLIX Part III May 1930
• Publisher: Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1930
• Binding: Printed Grey wraps
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: Good(-)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Medicine & History of Medicine
  • Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Psychopathology